AN EIGHT-year-old girl was left to die by her cult family who sang and prayed around her instead of providing lifesaving insulin. Fourteen of the religious fanatics, including her parents, have
Queensland's Supreme Court convicted 14 members of an ultra-religious Christian sect of manslaughter in the killing of an 8-year-old diabetic girl by withholding insulin.
For days, as the eight-year-old lay dying from diabetes, more than a dozen adults — her mother and father among them — prayed and sang songs instead of seeking life-saving medical treatment.
Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by withholding her diabetes medication have been found guilty of her manslaught
Fourteen members of a small religious sect in Australia have been found guilty of the manslaughter of an 8-year-old girl, who died after they withheld insulin needed to treat her diabetes because of their unwavering belief that God would heal her.
A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his child's need for life-saving insulin, in a dilemma that ended in tragedy.
Members of an Australian religious sect were found guilty of manslaughter for withholding medication from an 8-year-old girl, leading to her death.
A coroner will inquire into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs after her medicine was withheld by religious group members who included her parents.
Elizabeth Struhs died at her family home in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, on January 7, 2022 after her parents and 12 other members of a religious group called The Saints allegedly withheld her lifesaving insulin for six days. Elizabeth suffered from type 1 diabetes, a chronic, incurable condition that causes little or no insulin production.
The parents of an 8-year-old girl, her adult brother and 11 other members of a small, tongues-talking Pentecostal sect in Toowoomba, Australia, were convicted of manslaughter Wednesday for causing
Fourteen members of an Australian religious group have been convicted of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl who was denied insulin for almost a week. Elizabeth Struhs died at home in 2022, having suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes fatally high blood sugar.
More than a dozen members of cult-like Australian group found guilty of manslaughter over death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs